What we want to hold apart, God brings together.
Category: Bible Study
The Gift
Consider that as Christians, we are God’s gift to the world.
Tension and Meaning in Genesis 1-11
When tension is present, the meaning of a polemical text comes into sharp focus.
Common Ground
What happens when we focus on the things we have in common?
Read Widely
There is profit in disagreement.
The Spirit of the Letter: The Role of the Holy Spirit and Human Humility in Biblical Interpretation
The work of August Hermann Franke used as a conduit for understanding the role of the Spirit in interpretations and the dangers of not displaying humility.
Generosity and Biblical Interpretation
“So anyone who thinks that he has understood the divine scriptures or any part of them, but cannot by his understanding build up this double love of God and neighbor, has not yet succeeded in understanding them. Anyone who derives from them an idea which is useful for supporting this love but fails to say…
The Genius of the Gospel of Mark: Thoughts on Authorship and Date
A few thoughts on the authorship and date of the Gospel of Mark
The Genius of the Gospel of Mark: A Proposal for Structure
A proposal for seeing the structure in Mark as three parts with a central claim and subsequent divine confirmations.
The Genius of the Gospel of Mark: The Unveiling
Considering Mark as a revealing “apocalypse.”
In A Far Country 